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guitarsmashley wrote:I know I'm already doing something stupid with this statement but, isn't the Fables crossover only Carey using fables characters like Boy Blue in the pages of The Unwritten and thats it?

Their covers are the same stock as the interior pages and feel much more flimsy than anyone other publishers IMO.

Nah, I haven't picked up a Marvel book in ages...but I have noticed that too. Both Marvel and DC are using shitty high-gloss paper, and it absolutely affects the artwork printed on it as compared to a decent weight paper stock with a matte finish.

Funnily enough at the comics symposium over the weekend, artists from small self-publishers to high-profile Fantagraphics artists were talking about paper stocks and gloss vs matte, it might not matter to less observant readers but for the artists at least it's a big deal right now.

(And they all to a person HATED thin glossy paper, but it's the cheapest option for big corps and small fish alike.)

I don't know how much correlation there is between Image changing their publishing philosophy and Vertigo.

Could some of those Image books have been Vertigo books five years ago? Sure. Would they have? Who knows? I don't know how Vertigo's compensation to creators goes, and how involved WB/DC is with Vertigo books but I imagine it's not as open as Image is, so I don't know if a comparison is all that valid.

I can't really think of a time when the line was much deeper. Some long-running series ended. It happens. But stuff like Scalped and DMZ all started at some point. Vertigo has traditionally gone through periods like this. And of course, it's missing mainstays like Swamp Thing and Hellblazer, but since those are still being published just under the DC line, it doesn't really matter.